Affordable Nikon D300S Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) – Price
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Nikon D300S Digital SLR Fantastic Camera,
Nikon D300S Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
I owned the Nikon D300 and was extreemly pleased with same; unfortunately it was stolen.
I replaced it with the D300S and believe that this is the best digital SLR on the market at the price.
However, as other reviewers have recommended – don’t “skimp” on lens’.
I have the Nikon 18-200mm VRII lens and this is excellent to keep on the body most of the time.
I use the Sigma 10-20mm 1:4-5.6 DC HSM (a fantastic lens at the price)for wide angle shots and have ordered the Nikon 300mm f4 for wildlife photos.
Two storage card slots, SD and CF, give great flexibility and added security.
The increase to 7 photos per second is an improvement almost totally negating the need for the MD10 Battery pack (that only gives an increase to 8 photos per second).
It is an easy camera to use, with all the “buttons” in the right place allowing for most adjustments without having to resort to the menu system.
It produces colourful, natural, balanced, sharp photos in all lighting conditions.
I’m not very interested in the addition of HD Video as I use a camcorder but it could be useful on occasions that I do not have the camcorder with me.
Above all, Nikon is reliable and is well supported. I still have a D80 as “back-up”; this has been totally reliable over the past five years (used for weddings, competitions and holiday/family photography).
Prices for the D300S Body have come down recently; what are you waiting for? BUY it!
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|A Perfect Choice …..,
As a long term user of a Nikon D200, I was looking for a DX sensor size successor to that and despite the plethora of new Nikon models, some apparently offering a higher ‘pixel count’ there was only really one choice as it was important to me that I have the same ability to control the operation and settings as I had with the D200…. so, a D300s it was.
The autofocus system is superb – might not be as quick as a D3 but I doubt that many of us ordinary mortals would notice that, and the ability of the system to lock on to fast moving aircraft or birds in flight is impressive indeed. The build quality is up to Nikon’s usual standard for their professional line of cameras, and the controls layout will be very familiar to a D200 user. The ability to record 14 bit RAW/NEF images is very welcome, but beware as if you use the option to save these in uncompressed form you can expect individual image file sizes around 26MB! – superb quality, but you will quickly eat up space on your memory card….
Out of the box the D300s comes with a small number of fully user-adjustable Picture Controls, but you can easily download additional ones from Nikon’s website.
It may be an unfair comparison but I also own a reasonably new D90, and can recommend that any current user of a D90 that takes their photography seriously and wants to move up to a more professional DSLR seriously considers the D300s – it really is in a different league, and will put the onus on you to take images that fully utilise it’s capabilities.
Even now, some weeks after its purchase with new Nikons about to hit the High Street, I feel confident I made the perfect choice ….
Oh yes – it takes good quality videos too!
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|Solid and well made camera.,
When you first pick up this camera compared to older or less expensive nikon slr’s you realise what you have been missing ,every where you put your hands and fingers there is grip,I also purchased the mb-d10 battery pack,loads of grip and an added scroll button when in portrait shoot mode,however I do like the way the batteries come out of the mb d80 better.
Easy to use all the controls you need without going into the main menu,I would have gone for the d300,but there was no dedicated live view button also this one has a few upgrades one of which is dual memory card slots (nice).
I suppose I will keep hold of this camera until I can afford a full frame version like the d3s but a little pricey at moment.
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